The incident took place in Höchsten, approximately six miles away from Dortmund's Westfalenstadion.

A statement from local police read: "In the run-up to the Champions League match of BVB against AS Monaco, there was an explosion near the BVB team team bus shortly after 7pm.

Dortmund scheduled to be in action against Monaco.PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images

"The location of the event is Wittbräuckerstraße/Schirrmannweg in Dortmund-Höchsten. According to current knowledge the windows of the bus (whole or partial) were shattered and one person was injured. It is not yet possible to say exactly what the explosion was or exactly where something exploded."

The decision to cancel Wednesday's match was made at 7:30pm [BST] with a statement from Uefa reading: "Following tonight's incident involving the Borussia Dortmund team bus, the Uefa Champions League match between Borussia Dortmund and AS Monaco has been postponed until tomorrow 18:45 CET.

"This decision was made after a meeting held at the Westfalenstadion between Uefa, representatives of the two clubs and local authorities."